Railroad-rail joint.



Patented July 22, I902. G. A. WEBER. RAILROAD BA'IL JOINT.

INVENTOR m5 ATTORNEYS (No Model.)

WITNESSES:

UNITED ETnT s PATENT FFICE.

GEORGE ADAM W'EBER, OF STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE WEBERRAILWAY JOINT MANUFACTURING CO., OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OFWEST VIRGINIA.

RAILROAD=RAIL JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Fatent No. 705,170, dated July 22,1902. Application filed November 30, 1901. Serial No. 84,214. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE ADAM WEBER, of Stamford, in the county ofFairfield, State of Connecticut, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Railroad-Rail Joints, of

which the following is a specification.

I will describe a railroad-rail joint embody ing my improvement and thenpoint out the novel features in the claims.

IO In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure 1 is a transverse verticalsection of a railroad-rail joint embodying my improvement,thc plane ofthe section beingintermediate of the ends of adjacent rail-sections.Fig. 2 is a similar section showing the parts in somewhat-differentrelations. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of one of the parts of thejoint.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures. V

A designates one of two adjacent railroadrail sections arranged in linetoform a portion of a track.

B designates an angle-chair having a base 11, an upright 17 and anangle-brace 6 This chair is long enough to receive the adjacent endportions of the two rail-sections.

On one side of the rail-sections is a fishplate C, preferably of thekind known as an angle fish-plate, having a base c, adapted to fit uponone of the flanges forming the foot or base of the rail-sections, and anupright 0 extending'to the under side of the head of the rail-sections.Preferably this fish-plate will be of the same length as the chair B. Onthe 3 5 opposite side of the rail sectionsis a fish-plate or channel-barD, fitting snugly between the other flange comprised in the foot or baseof the rail-sections and the opposite portion of the head of therail-sections. Its upper and 40 lower edges d d are outwardly extended.Instead of making them continuous, like flanges, they may be madediscontinuous in the form of lugs. As here shown, they divergeoutwardly. Preferably this fish-plate or channel-bar will be of the samelength as the fish-plate 0. Within the fish-plate or channel-bar D is ablock E of wood or analogous packing material. Bolts F pass through thefish plates C D, the Webs of the rail-sections, the block E, and theupright of the chair B.

The chair B and. the fish-plates (3 and D will preferably be made ofsteel. The block E is shown as fitting snugly against the outer verticalside of the fish-plate or channel-bar D and against the surfaces of theoutwardlyextending edges (1 d of said fish-plate or channel bar D. Thatone of its surfaces which is adjacent to the upright of the chair B is,however, inclined so that it projects farther outwardly at the upperportion than at the lower portion. This is a structural feature of greatpractical importance in such a block of wood or similar compressiblematerial, because it provides for drawing all the parts firmly togetherin their proper relations Without'any tendency to displace the base ofthe chair relatively to the foot or base of the rail-sections.

Fig. 1 represents the base before the bolts have been fully tightened,and Fig. 2 represents the base after the complete tightening of thebolts.

l/Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is--- 1.In a railroad-rail joint the combination with rail-sections arranged inline, of a chair having a base and an upright, a fish-plate on one side,a fish-plate on the other side, a block of wood or similar compressiblematerial fit- 8o ting between the last-named fish-plate and the uprightof the chair, and inclined downwardly away from the upright of thechair, and bolts for securing the parts together.

2. In a railroad-rail joint, the combination with rail-sections arrangedin line, of a chair having a base and an upright, a fish-plate on oneside of the rail-sections, a fish-plate or channel-bar havingoutwardly-extended upper and lower edges arranged on the other 0 side ofthe rail-sections, a block of Wood or similar compressible materialfitting into the fish-plate or channel-bar last named and inclineddownwardly away from the upright of the chair, and bolts for securingthe parts to g 5 gether.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE ADAM WEBER.

Witnesses:

GEO. E. ORUsE, Joe. P. MOELDUFF.

